Opothleyahola Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main pageContentsCurrent eventsRandom articleAbout WikipediaContact usDonate Contribute HelpLearn to editCommunity portalRecent changesUpload file Search Search Create account Log in Personal tools Create account Log in Pages for logged out editors learn more ContributionsTalk Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1See also 2References Toggle the table of contents 1 language Ido Edit links ArticleTalk English ReadView history Tools Tools move to sidebar hide Actions ReadView history General What links hereRelated changesUpload fileSpecial pagesPermanent linkPage informationCite this pageGet shortened URLDownload QR codeWikidata item Print/export Download as PDFPrintable version Colonisation of the lands in the Pacific Ocean The colonisation of Oceania includes: Colonisation of Australia Colonisation of New Zealand Colonisation of the Pacific islands See also Europeans in Oceania Indigenous peoples of Oceania References Colonization, decolonization, and neocolonialismBy regionExploration Americas Africa Asia Oceania Antarctica — World oceans Colonization Americas Africa European colonies Asia Southeast Asia Oceania Antarctica Decolonization Americas Africa Asia Oceania GeneraltopicsExploration Maritime history (European) Age of Discovery Colonization Antiquity — Imperialism Chartered companies Interventionism Colonialism chronology history empires detribalization settler colonialism wars Current: Non-self-governing Dependent Colonial empires in the modern era Overseas, major: British Dutch French German Italian Portuguese Spanish Overseas, minor: American Australian Austro-Hungarian Belgian Couronian (Polish-Lithuanian) Danish New Zealand Norwegian Swedish Mostly contiguous: American Chinese Japanese Ottoman Russian South African Decolonization Wars of national liberation — Predecessors of sovereign states in Europe in South America Independence referendum Sovereign states formation dates Postcolonialism Independence Internal colonialism Nation-building Neocolonialism Postcolonial international relations Related concepts Decolonization of knowledge Terra nullius Plantation Settler Indigenous peoples Uncontacted peoples Christianity and colonialism Toggle limited content width